Digging Up Canal Relics – Chesterfield Canal
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Join me as we explore the new Trans Pennine Trail bridge at Staveley which is the former Great Central Railway and is now a part of the town deal project, the bridge was lifted in last week and it is already opened by the contractors O’Brien’s. We take a walk down to the old Midland Railway sidings at Bellhouse basin and look at the old girder bridge followed by the Archaeological dig being done by York Archaeology who have found the wharf, basin and the old walls and boats. It’s a fantastic time to see heritage that unfortunately needs to be buried again for the construction of the puddlebanks.
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10 Comments
Really interesting 😊
That's a great bonus for all the effort that you have made over the last couple of weeks travelling up and down the country. Nice episode.
Just gets better: the subject and the delivery. Off topic but the Stanton and Stavely works were vast and deserve a PhD thesis at least.Now will be told that there is a book or two!
The reason for walking horses across the bridge is because saddle height would be level(ish) with the railings. If the horse is spooked and rears up the rider could potentially be thrown over the railings!
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I wonder if they are going to preserve this site or remove the old walls, to reuse them elsewhere before it gets filled in? Cool findings though , especially the old boat hull..
Be a nice touch if they can re use the stones somehow, be a shame to leave them covered up
Very interesting video. Surprising that so much of the stonework in the basin is still intact and in relatively good condition – a consequence of being buried under accumulated layers of silt. Pity it has to be buried again to facilitate building of clay banks ahead. Will the restored basin replicate the original? Thank you.
Nice video. We were there excavating all week. It was our micro SD card you borrowed 🙂
The stones with the holes are early railway sleepers
The cast iron pipe hanging over the basin wall along with the soil/silt being so oily, could that be because it was the condensate drain off from the gas works when it was making gas?